Dazzling-Fail-3847 t1_j21wtkp wrote on December 29, 2022 at 1:36 AM

Does anyone know how much railroad workers and teachers made a day in the 1840s?? I can’t find any info about it when I look it up

darwinnerist t1_j276jfc wrote on December 30, 2022 at 3:25 AM

Brakemen: $1.07/day

Conductor (passenger): $2.11/day

Conductor (freight): $1.80/day

Locomotive engineer: $1.97/day

Locomotive firemen: $1.06/day

Teamster: $1.33/day

Thank you so much!!!! I’ve been searching for so long and couldn’t find anything